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Microsoft and Cognizant team up to boost enterprise Copilot adoption

CIO Business Intelligence

Microsoft is opening another route for extending the reach of its Copilot offerings in the enterprise through an expanded partnership with global professional services company Cognizant. Having big names like Microsoft and Cognizant involved in implementing generative AI could assuage fears about the risks surrounding its use.

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UK Watchdog Tags Microsoft, Amazon for Cloud Antitrust Probe

Information Week

Big Tech continues to be targeted in the UK and across Europe as regulators crack down on antitrust issues.

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Xbox November update brings quick controller swaps, lower latency, and accessibility tags

The Verge

Microsoft is rolling out a new November update for Xbox consoles that will make it a lot easier to swap your controller between a console and a PC or laptop. Alongside the controller changes, Microsoft is also improving audio output settings on all Xbox consoles. Image: Microsoft. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Xbox’s Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hryb ‘taking a step back’ from Microsoft

GeekWire

(GeekWire File Photo) Larry Hryb, better known to the Xbox player community by his gamer tag “Major Nelson,” announced Friday that he’s “taking a step back” from his job at Microsoft. Hryb, a director of programming at Xbox Live, has worked at Microsoft since 2001 and on the Xbox project since 2003.

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Microsoft vet lands $10M for new startup that watermarks documents to identify leakers

GeekWire

Founded in 2022 by former Microsoft corporate vice president Troy Batterberry , the Kirkland, Wash.-based EchoMark adds visible watermarks in the style of personalized tags to emails and documents, and inserts hidden markers or subtle text alterations for tracking.

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Google reports on a company selling spyware for Chrome, Firefox, and Windows Defender

TechSpot

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reports that a Barcelona company sold spyware exploiting Chrome, Firefox, and Windows Defender vulnerabilities to conduct contract surveillance on target PCs.

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Microsoft unveils new Xbox wireless gaming headset and updates accessibility guidelines

GeekWire

The Xbox Wireless Headset is Microsoft’s first official set of Xbox headphones in years. Microsoft image). In a big news day for Microsoft’s Xbox division, the company announced a new wireless headset for the Xbox Series X|S and an upgrade of its gaming accessibility programs. Microsoft image).